A busby alberta farmer uses a vertical farming system to grow leafy produce all year round.
Vertical farming outside.
Vertical farming of this sort is not of itself a new idea.
Vertical farming is the practice of growing crops in vertically stacked layers.
The term goes back to 1915 though it took a century for the first commercial vertical farms to be built.
It often incorporates controlled environment agriculture which aims to optimize plant growth and soilless farming techniques such as hydroponics aquaponics and aeroponics.
Offering the ability to grow more crops in a controlled environment inside major distributions hubs i e.
Increased and year round crop production.
2 43 within the warehouse there are 14 growing machines that grow different varieties of leafy greens.
Vertical farming allows us to produce more crops from the same square footage of growing area.
In fact 1 acre of an indoor area offers equivalent production to at least 4 6 acres of outdoor.
Some common choices of structures to house vertical farming systems include buildings shipping containers tunnels and abandoned mine shafts.
In vertical farming one acre of indoor space is the equivalent of 4 6 outdoor acres.
Vertical farming is the cutting edge of agriculture.
A study found that convention farming uses more energy in the winter to grow produce but it is still more carbon efficient than vertical farming.
The efficient use of vertical farming may perhaps play a significant role in preparing for such a challenge.
Outdoor grown lettuce was two and a half times more carbon efficient in the winter 2 62 kg co2 per kg lettuce when compared to vertically grown lettuce.
4 a lot less space is necessary to produce the same amount of produce particularly useful in cities where outdoor land is limited.
11 2 indoor vertical farming 11 3 outdoor vertical farming 12 by technology 12 1 market overview 12 2 lighting devices 12 3 software 12 4 growth mechanism component 12 5 climate control 12 6.